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cliente

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “cliente” mean in English?

  1. customer, client

Example sentences

  • El cliente siempre tiene razón.

    The customer is always right.

  • La cliente entra en la tienda.

    The (female) customer enters the shop.

  • Hay muchos clientes hoy.

    There are many customers today.

How to use it

Cliente means 'customer' / 'client'. Same form for both genders: el cliente / la cliente (la clienta is also accepted in some regions). Plural clientes.

Common mistake

Cliente is gender-invariable for most speakers; some accept clienta for female. Either is correct, but cliente works for both.

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.